Around midnight HeRoos and I were in our room talking and BOOM, the brightest light I have ever seen shot right through our window. Both of us gasped and tried peeking out the window as our hearts were beating from fear. We started questioning what is was.
A helicopter with a search light? Unlikely, there was no sound. An airplane from the base? Unlikely, there is no way it could get that close to our house. A burglar? Possibly, there have been break-ins in the neighborhood lately. The Second Coming? Unlikely, but you never know. Aliens? Hmmm...
I grabbed a can of aerosol hairspray and my cell phone with 9-1 dialed. HeRoos had a steak knife. We checked on the kids and they were sleeping away but our adrenaline was going as we investigated the rest of the house. As a team, taking turns covering the other person's back, we opened every single door in the entire house. Then we dared each other to go in the back yard. There was no sign of an intruder or aliens.
The over-reacting should of stopped there but it didn't.
I insisted that the kids sleep in our room-I wanted them close to us. Bad Idea. We brought in a bassinet for ZoZo and she only stirred for a 4 am feeding. MB (Mr. Boy)on the other hand is not a cuddler nor does he enjoy sharing bed space. It was a rough night.
Fortunately, we all woke up alive and happy to be on Planet Earth.
HeRoos left for work and later sent a text: Check your e-mail
This is the news link he sent me
Who would have known falling rocks could cause such a scare?!
8 comments:
How cool! I can respect your panic mode since it is what I would have done. But how great that it was a once in a century event?
I love that you had hairspray. What exactly were you going to do with that? lol! So my daughter woke up at 6am and tells me that she was having a good dream, but then a really bright flash happened and woke her up. I shrugged it off and then read about the meteors too. Pretty crazy stuff! :-)
Luckily I slept right through it, which is a minor miracle in itself as the last little while I have not slept very well. It was all over the news, and scared quite a few people, so you weren't alone!!
We saw it too!! We thought it was a helicopter with a light.. looking for a criminal on the loose. I made Matt go make sure our door was locked and he had is baseball bat next to our bed... so, I know how you guys felt! It was scary!
Wow, can't believe you got heroos in on the hysteria. I took one look outside and crawled into bed and went to sleep, honestly didnt think another thing about it.
Too funny. Hairspray and a steak knife...hmmm. Now I know who not to rob! Although I would be willing to battle with the sword my husband keeps around for protection!
wow! you're so lucky! I was up early before dawn to watch the Leonid asteroids -- saw absolutely not one streak in the sky.
How scary!!!
Next time add a lighter to the hairspray and you'll have a handy blow torch
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